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cognitive

[kog-ni-tiv] / ˈkɒg nɪ tɪv /






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As a cognitive neuroscientist and artificial-intelligence ethicist, I’ll say plainly: Autism isn’t a behavioral disorder to be corrected.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

“It’s sort of like outsourcing your workout to someone else and expecting to get stronger. Muscles — physical and cognitive — just don’t work like that.”

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Their goal is to secure the billions of dollars required for their capital-intensive projects to build artificial general intelligence, a broadly capable computer system that is smarter than humans at all cognitive work.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

He misses the possibility of repeating the error when, in the same document, he settles—in one decisive, overconfident paragraph—the question of whether the cognitive systems we are building could ever have inner lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

“Your dad was lost without her. And he’s been so happy with Ginny. So what if they have their cognitive issues? The boy’s right. They’re happy together.”

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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